Sunny with a 0% chance of rain HIGH LOW Mixed-media exhibit coming to Knoxville Museum of Art PAGE 7 89 68 Monday, August 23, 2010 Issue 04 Vol. 115 http://dailybeacon.utk.edu PUBLISHED SINCE 1906 THE EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Lady Vols soccer kicks off the 2010 season PAGE 12 Staff Reports Bradley W. Fenwick recently resigned his position as vice chancellor for research and engagement. Fenwick will resume a full-time professorship in the UT College of Veterinary Medicine to continue his nationally recog- nized research regarding microbi- ology and infectious diseases of animals. Hailed with leaving a legacy of improvement, Fenwick has led efforts focused on expanding UT’s research base and shaping the infrastructure necessary to help the university recieve large-scale awards. Fenwick began his vice chancel- lorship in 2007 and has focused heavily on improvements neces- sary to continue UT’s upward tra- jectory. Contributions include service as chair on research productivity and facilities and economic develop- ment strategic planning subcom- mittees as well as co-chair of the engagement subcommittee. Duties on the subcommittees ranged from improving the acquisi- tion of federal and private funding for research to relations with ORNL. According to a UT press release, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek thanked Fenwick for his service. “Since he arrived in 2007, Brad has led a comprehensive effort to expand our research base and strengthen the support systems that work to make the university more competitive for large-scale awards,” Cheek said. “I hope you will join me in thanking Brad for his leadership and service as vice chancellor.” According to Greg Reed, asso- ciate vice chancellor of research, new programs have included strengthening the empha- sis on undergraduate contributions with Research Week and an undergraduate research journal that highlights their accomplishments. During his service, Fenwick emphasized faculty engagement, focusing on building staff resources to han- dle proposals and awards as well as holding intensive searches for available research funding. Other strategies for improvement included collabora- tions with departments like UT Libraries in various endeavors. “The result of Dr. Fenwick’s initiatives has been an increase in faculty involvement in sponsored programs, dramatic growth in proposal submissions and awards and creation of a staffing structure that enables the increased workload success has brought,” Reed said, according to a UT press release. Under Fenwick’s leadership, the Office of Research has had a host of changes and new programs that have contributed to UT’s continued suc- cess and growth. “From laboratory to laboratory, researcher to researcher, that’s where the partnership happens,” Fenwick said, according to a UT press release. “It’s an asset you can- not ignore.” A national search will be conduct- ed by UT using an Atlanta-based firm for the vice chancellor’s replace- ment. Whoever is chosen as an interim replacement will not be allowed to apply for the position. Fenwick joined UT from Virginia Tech where he served as vice presi- dent of research and had previously served as chief science adviser for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s competitive research program. Fenwick received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in veterinary medicine from Kansas State University and also earned a doctorate from the University of California, Davis where he first became interested in university administration. Fenwick has also served as an edi- tor for the Journal of Microbiology, publishing more than 130 research papers, and was chosen to partici- pate in the Fellows Program of the American Council on Education. Associated Press NEW YORK — The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demon- strators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, “Say no to racist fear!” and American flags waving on both sides. The two leaders of the con- struction project, meanwhile, defended their plans, though one suggested that organizers might eventually be willing to discuss an alternative site. The other, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said during a Middle East trip that the attention generated by the project is actually positive and that he hopes it will bring greater understanding. Around the corner from the cordoned-off old building that is to become a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque, police separated the two groups of demonstrators. There were no reports of physical clashes, but there were some nose-to-nose confrontations, including a man and a woman screaming at each other across a barricade under a steady rain. Opponents of the $100-million project two blocks from the World Trade Center site appeared to outnumber support- ers. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” blared over loudspeak- ers as mosque opponents chant- ed, “No mosque, no way!” Signs hoisted by dozens of protesters standing behind police barricades read “SHARIA,” using dripping, blood-red letters to describe Islam’s Shariah law, which gov- erns the behavior of some Muslims. Steve Ayling, a 40-year-old Brooklyn plumber who carried his sign to a dry spot by an office building, said the people behind the mosque project are “the same people who took down the Twin Towers.” Opponents demand that the mosque be moved farther from the site where nearly 3,000 peo- ple were killed on Sept. 11, 2001. “They should put it in the Middle East,” Ayling said. On a nearby sidewalk, police chased away a group that unfurled a banner with images of beating, stoning and other tor- ture they said were committed by those who followed Islamic law. A man wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress, mounted one of two mock mis- siles that were part of an anti- mosque installation. One missile was inscribed with the words: “Again? Freedom Targeted by Religion,” the other with “Obama: With a middle name Hussein. We understand. Bloomberg: What is your excuse?” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has fiercely defended plans for the proposed mosque, saying that the right “to practice your religion was one of the real reasons America was founded.” The mosque project is being led by Rauf and his wife, Daisy Khan, who insist the center will promote moderate Islam. The dispute has sparked a national debate on religious freedom and American values and is becom- ing an issue on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elec- tions. Republicans have been critical of President Barack Obama’s stance: He has said the Muslims have the right to build the center at the site but has not commented on whether he thinks they should. Rauf is in the middle of a Middle East trip funded by the U.S. State Department that is intended to promote religious tolerance. He told a gathering Sunday at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain that he took heart from the dispute over the mosque, saying “the fact we are getting this kind of attention is a sign of success.” “It is my hope that people will understand more,” Rauf said without elaborating. Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson has suggested that state land farther from ground zero be used for the cen- ter. Khan, executive director and co-founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, expressed some openness to that idea on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour” but said she would have to meet with the center’s other “stakeholders” first. “We want to build bridges,” Khan said. “We don’t want to create conflict. This is not where we were coming from. So, this is an opportunity for us to really turn this around and make this into something very, very posi- tive. So we will meet, and we will do what is right for everyone.” But Khan also said the angry reaction to the project “is like a metastasized anti-Semitism.” “It’s not even Islamophobia,” she said. “It’s beyond Islamophobia. It’s hate of Muslims.” At the pro-mosque rally, staged a block away from oppo- nents’ demonstrations, several hundred people chanted, “Muslims are welcome here! We say no to racist fear!” Dr. Ali Akram, a 39-year-old Brooklyn physician, came with his three sons and an 11-year-old nephew waving an American flag. He noted that scores of Muslims were among those who died in the towers, and he called those who oppose the mosque “un-American.” “They teach their children about the freedom of religion in America — but they don’t prac- tice what they preach,” Akram said. Associated Press MOSCOW— Police prevented about 100 opposition activists from marching through Moscow on Sunday with a giant Russian flag and detained three of their leaders, including prominent politician Boris Nemtsov. The opposition activists were celebrating Flag Day, a holiday honoring the tricolor flag adopted by a newly democratic Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed. Nemtsov said the decision to stop a march honoring the Russian flag showed the mentality of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s government. “The flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy, only not for Putin,” Nemtsov said. The date for the holiday was chosen to celebrate the defeat of a hardline communist coup on Aug. 22, 1991. Boris Yeltsin, who famously climbed onto a tank to lead the resistance against the coup plotters, turned the flag into a symbol of an independent Russia. When the Soviet Union ceased to exist on Dec. 25 of that year, the white, blue and red flag was raised over the Kremlin. Nemtsov accused Putin, a former KGB officer, of shar- ing the mentality of the coup plotters, who were deter- mined to prevent the democratization of the Soviet Union. Putin did not support the coup plotters at the time, but as president he lamented the demise of the Soviet Union and rolled back many of the democratic reforms that Yeltsin had introduced. Nemtsov, who stood with Yeltsin in 1991, served in Russia’s government in the 1990s, including two stints as deputy prime minister. Moscow police said Nemtsov and Mikhail Shneider were detained for trying to lead an unsanctioned march. They had permission to hold a rally but not to march through central Moscow. “You get the impression that Nemtsov and Shneider intentionally provoked the police,” police spokesman Viktor Biryukov told Russian news agencies. Lev Ponomaryov, another prominent opposition leader, was detained later, police said. 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Staff Reports
Bradley W. Fenwick recently resigned his position asvice chancellor for research and engagement.
Fenwick will resume a full-time professorship in theUT College of Veterinary Medicineto continue his nationally recog-nized research regarding microbi-ology and infectious diseases ofanimals.
Hailed with leaving a legacy ofimprovement, Fenwick has ledefforts focused on expanding UT’sresearch base and shaping theinfrastructure necessary to helpthe university recieve large-scaleawards.
Fenwick began his vice chancel-lorship in 2007 and has focusedheavily on improvements neces-sary to continue UT’s upward tra-jectory.
Contributions include service aschair on research productivity andfacilities and economic develop-ment strategic planning subcom-mittees as well as co-chair of theengagement subcommittee.
Duties on the subcommitteesranged from improving the acquisi-tion of federal and private fundingfor research to relations withORNL.
According to a UT pressrelease, Chancellor Jimmy Cheekthanked Fenwick for his service.
“Since he arrived in 2007, Bradhas led a comprehensive effort toexpand our research base andstrengthen the support systemsthat work to make the universitymore competitive for large-scaleawards,” Cheek said. “I hope youwill join me in thanking Brad forhis leadership and service as vicechancellor.”
According to Greg Reed, asso-ciate vice chancellor of research,
new programs have included strengthening the empha-sis on undergraduate contributions with Research Weekand an undergraduate research journal that highlightstheir accomplishments.
During his service, Fenwick emphasized facultyengagement, focusing on building staff resources to han-dle proposals and awards as well as holding intensive
searches for available research funding. Other strategies for improvement included collabora-
tions with departments like UT Libraries in variousendeavors.
“The result of Dr. Fenwick’s initiatives has been anincrease in faculty involvement in sponsored programs,dramatic growth in proposal submissions and awards
and creation of a staffing structurethat enables the increased workloadsuccess has brought,” Reed said,according to a UT press release.
Under Fenwick’s leadership, theOffice of Research has had a host ofchanges and new programs that havecontributed to UT’s continued suc-cess and growth.
“From laboratory to laboratory,researcher to researcher, that’swhere the partnership happens,”Fenwick said, according to a UTpress release. “It’s an asset you can-not ignore.”
A national search will be conduct-ed by UT using an Atlanta-basedfirm for the vice chancellor’s replace-ment.
Whoever is chosen as an interimreplacement will not be allowed toapply for the position.
Fenwick joined UT from VirginiaTech where he served as vice presi-dent of research and had previouslyserved as chief science adviser forthe U.S. Department of Agriculture’scompetitive research program.
Fenwick received his bachelor’s,master’s and doctorate degrees inveterinary medicine from KansasState University and also earned adoctorate from the University ofCalifornia, Davis where he firstbecame interested in universityadministration.
Fenwick has also served as an edi-tor for the Journal of Microbiology,publishing more than 130 researchpapers, and was chosen to partici-pate in the Fellows Program of theAmerican Council on Education.
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The proposedmosque near ground zero drewhundreds of fever-pitch demon-strators Sunday, with opponentscarrying signs associating Islamwith blood, supporters shouting,“Say no to racist fear!” andAmerican flags waving on bothsides.
The two leaders of the con-struction project, meanwhile,defended their plans, though onesuggested that organizers mighteventually be willing to discussan alternative site. The other,Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, saidduring a Middle East trip thatthe attention generated by theproject is actually positive andthat he hopes it will bring greaterunderstanding.
Around the corner from thecordoned-off old building that isto become a 13-story Islamiccommunity center and mosque,police separated the two groupsof demonstrators. There were noreports of physical clashes, butthere were some nose-to-noseconfrontations, including a manand a woman screaming at eachother across a barricade under asteady rain.
Opponents of the $100-millionproject two blocks from theWorld Trade Center siteappeared to outnumber support-ers. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born inthe USA” blared over loudspeak-ers as mosque opponents chant-ed, “No mosque, no way!”
Signs hoisted by dozens ofprotesters standing behindpolice barricades read“SHARIA,” using dripping,blood-red letters to describeIslam’s Shariah law, which gov-erns the behavior of someMuslims.
Steve Ayling, a 40-year-oldBrooklyn plumber who carriedhis sign to a dry spot by an officebuilding, said the people behindthe mosque project are “thesame people who took down theTwin Towers.”
Opponents demand that themosque be moved farther fromthe site where nearly 3,000 peo-ple were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.
“They should put it in theMiddle East,” Ayling said.
On a nearby sidewalk, policechased away a group thatunfurled a banner with images ofbeating, stoning and other tor-ture they said were committedby those who followed Islamiclaw.
A man wearing a keffiyeh, atraditional Arab headdress,mounted one of two mock mis-siles that were part of an anti-mosque installation. One missilewas inscribed with the words:“Again? Freedom Targeted byReligion,” the other with“Obama: With a middle nameHussein. We understand.Bloomberg: What is yourexcuse?”
New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg has fiercely defendedplans for the proposed mosque,
saying that the right “to practiceyour religion was one of the realreasons America was founded.”
The mosque project is beingled by Rauf and his wife, DaisyKhan, who insist the center willpromote moderate Islam. Thedispute has sparked a nationaldebate on religious freedom andAmerican values and is becom-ing an issue on the campaigntrail ahead of the midterm elec-tions. Republicans have beencritical of President BarackObama’s stance: He has said theMuslims have the right to buildthe center at the site but has notcommented on whether hethinks they should.
Rauf is in the middle of aMiddle East trip funded by theU.S. State Department that isintended to promote religioustolerance. He told a gatheringSunday at the U.S. ambassador’sresidence in the Persian Gulfstate of Bahrain that he tookheart from the dispute over themosque, saying “the fact we aregetting this kind of attention is asign of success.”
“It is my hope that people willunderstand more,” Rauf saidwithout elaborating.
Democratic New York Gov.David Paterson has suggestedthat state land farther fromground zero be used for the cen-ter.
Khan, executive director andco-founder of the AmericanSociety for MuslimAdvancement, expressed some
openness to that idea on ABC’s“This Week with ChristianeAmanpour” but said she wouldhave to meet with the center’sother “stakeholders” first.
“We want to build bridges,”Khan said. “We don’t want tocreate conflict. This is not wherewe were coming from. So, this isan opportunity for us to reallyturn this around and make thisinto something very, very posi-tive. So we will meet, and we willdo what is right for everyone.”
But Khan also said the angryreaction to the project “is like ametastasized anti-Semitism.”
“It’s not even Islamophobia,”she said. “It’s beyondIslamophobia. It’s hate ofMuslims.”
At the pro-mosque rally,staged a block away from oppo-nents’ demonstrations, severalhundred people chanted,“Muslims are welcome here! Wesay no to racist fear!”
Dr. Ali Akram, a 39-year-oldBrooklyn physician, came withhis three sons and an 11-year-oldnephew waving an Americanflag. He noted that scores ofMuslims were among those whodied in the towers, and he calledthose who oppose the mosque“un-American.”
“They teach their childrenabout the freedom of religion inAmerica — but they don’t prac-tice what they preach,” Akramsaid.
Associated PressMOSCOW— Police prevented about 100 opposition
activists from marching through Moscow on Sunday witha giant Russian flag and detained three of their leaders,including prominent politician Boris Nemtsov.
The opposition activists were celebrating Flag Day, aholiday honoring the tricolor flag adopted by a newlydemocratic Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Nemtsov said the decision to stop a march honoringthe Russian flag showed the mentality of Prime MinisterVladimir Putin’s government.
“The flag is a symbol of freedom and democracy, onlynot for Putin,” Nemtsov said.
The date for the holiday was chosen to celebrate thedefeat of a hardline communist coup on Aug. 22, 1991.Boris Yeltsin, who famously climbed onto a tank to leadthe resistance against the coup plotters, turned the flaginto a symbol of an independent Russia. When the SovietUnion ceased to exist on Dec. 25 of that year, the white,blue and red flag was raised over the Kremlin.
Nemtsov accused Putin, a former KGB officer, of shar-ing the mentality of the coup plotters, who were deter-mined to prevent the democratization of the SovietUnion. Putin did not support the coup plotters at thetime, but as president he lamented the demise of theSoviet Union and rolled back many of the democraticreforms that Yeltsin had introduced.
Nemtsov, who stood with Yeltsin in 1991, served inRussia’s government in the 1990s, including two stints asdeputy prime minister.
Moscow police said Nemtsov and Mikhail Shneiderwere detained for trying to lead an unsanctioned march.They had permission to hold a rally but not to marchthrough central Moscow.
“You get the impression that Nemtsov and Shneiderintentionally provoked the police,” police spokesmanViktor Biryukov told Russian news agencies.
Lev Ponomaryov, another prominent opposition leader,was detained later, policesaid.
Rallies over NYC mosque get heated
See MOSQUE on Page 6 See RUSSIA on Page 6
Russian police detain leadersof rally to support national flag
Vice chancellor resigns, returns to classroom
BRADLEY W. FENWICK
On this day in 1902, pioneering cookbook author Fannie Farmer, who changed the
way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in
recipes, opens Miss Farmer's School of Cookery in Boston. In addition to teaching
women about cooking, Farmer later educated medical professionals about the
importance of proper nutrition for the sick.
Farmer was born March 23, 1857, and raised near Boston, Massachusetts. Her
family believed in education for women and Farmer attended Medford High School;
however, as a teenager she suffered a paralytic stroke that turned her into a home-
bound invalid for a period of years. As a result, she was unable to complete high
school or attend college and her illness left her with a permanent limp. When she
was in her early 30s, Farmer attended the Boston Cooking School. Founded in 1879,
the school promoted a scientific approach to food preparation and trained women to
become cooking teachers at a time when their employment opportunities were lim-
ited. Farmer graduated from the program in 1889 and in 1891 became the school's
principal. In 1896, she published her first cookbook, The Boston Cooking School
Cookbook, which included a wide range of straightforward recipes along with infor-
mation on cooking and sanitation techniques, household management and nutrition.
Farmer's book became a bestseller and revolutionized American cooking through its
use of precise measurements, a novel culinary concept at the time.
In 1902, Farmer left the Boston Cooking School and founded Miss Farmer's
School of Cookery. In addition to running her school, she traveled to speaking
engagements around the U.S. and continued to write cookbooks. In 1904, she pub-
lished Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, which provided food recom-
mendations for specific diseases, nutritional information for children and informa-
tion about the digestive system, among other topics. Farmer's expertise in the areas
of nutrition and illness led her to lecture at Harvard Medical School.
Farmer died Jan. 15, 1915, at age 57. After Farmer's death, Alice Bradley, who
taught at Miss Farmer's School of Cookery, took over the business and ran it until
the mid-1940s. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook is still in print today.
—This day in History is courtesy of History.com
This day in History
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Climbers ascend UT’s Vol Wall on Thursday, Aug. 19, as part of the Hoe Down, Pull Down. Students enjoyed the HPER’s climbing wall, free food and music as part ofthe Welcome Week festivity.
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Video ShootA unique opportunity will take place from 10:30 a.m. to
11:00 a.m. in Hodges Library.The video footage will be used for “halftime spots” allocat-
ed to each university involved during sporting events.The finished product is used when airing football and bas-
ketball games on network television.Students are simply needed as extras, entering and exiting
the shots at the director’s discretion. All-orange and strictly UT attire is not desired, noting that
directors are looking to capture students as they would appearin an everyday campus setting.
Students interested are asked to dress in normal school-dayattire and meet on the first floor of the library by the specialcollections.
Public AuctionThe University of Tennessee is holding a public auction
with items for sale “where-is, as-is.” The auction will consist of 310 lots of surplus material from
UT. Items for sale include electronics, computers, laptops,printers, scientific equipment, furniture from offices anddorms and digital video recorders.
Some items are marked as special interest pieces includingcrystal chandeliers, animal cages and stainless steel appli-ances.
All electronics have been cleaned of any previous data. Minors are not allowed to attend the event.All payments are due on the day of the sale and acceptable
The location of the sale will be at the UT Business ServicesWarehouse, 2111 Stephenson Drive.
Inspections of the items will take place from 9 a.m. to 11a.m. today and the auction will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Guest LectureLindsay Smith will be giving a lecture titled DNA
Identification, Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Smith is invited as a part of the Department of
Anthropology’s Visiting Lecture Series. The lecture will take place in McClung Museum on
Tuesday from 3:40 p.m. to 5 p.m. Smith is visiting UT from UCLA where she is a postdoctor-
al student with the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics.
UT Coffee HouseMahogany Soul Café is billed as UT’s premier coffee
house on campus. Students are encouraged to come and enjoy all that
performing arts has to offer. Students, faculty and staff will be performing music,
spoken word, poetry, art and theatre at the café. Anyone attending is welcome to perform and
Mahogany Soul Café features an open mic performances. All are invited to come and express themselves as well
as share their talents. The event is free and will take place at the Black
Cultural Center on the last Tuesday of every month. Theevent begins at 6:30 p.m.
Baker Center EventThe Baker Center will have Mahmoud Daher speak
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium. “Health Care Provision in the Contexts of Constraint,
Conflict, and Complex Emergency: The Case of the GazaStrip” will be the topic of discussion for the upcoming lecture.
Daher is a National Public Health Officer from the WorldHealth Organization and will go into detail on the effects ofconflict on youth development as well as the impact on healthprovisions in emergency conflict zones such as Gaza.
Mahmoud Daher has previously worked to fight illnessesamong children with the WHO.
Conflict with Israel and those in Gaza have led to difficul-ties in vaccinations and processes necessary for childhoodtreatment.
Daher will go into detail and explain his findings and expe-riences in working in the Gaza Strip.
Alternative Break Applications availableApplications for the TeamVOLS sponsored Alternative
Break Trips are available now and can be found at [email protected].
The first day of classes marked the beginning of the appli-cation and interview process for a chance to partake in a five-day community service project during class recess.
There are two trips planned for both Fall and Spring breaks,with the destinations kept secret until final participants areselected.
Students looking to spend their break in a constructivemanner are encouraged to apply.
Those selected will participate in a community service-ori-ented project that focuses on helping others while on breakfrom school.
Previous organizations that UT students have worked withon alternative breaks have included the Salvation Army,Goodwill, Boys and Girls Clubs, Habitat for Humanity and theRonald McDonald House.
Apart from organizations, previously participating studentshave worked with state parks, homes for the elderly, local char-ities, animal shelters and food banks.
Past destinations have included Augusta, Ga., Birmingham,Ala., Uniontown, Pa., and New Orleans.
Monday, August 23, 2010 The Daily Beacon • 3NATION&WORLD
THE DAILY BACON • Blake Tredway
DOONESBURY • Garry Trudeau
OPINIONS Monday, August 23, 20104 • The Daily Beacon
I don’t see immigration as a real issue inasmuchas how a free country shouldn’t be able to decide whocan live and work within its borders based on placeof birth. Of course, illegal immigration does pose aproblem for the limited job market, but as long as Wal-Mart employs workers for $7 a week in Ciudad Juarez,Mexico, and $7 an hour in Los Angeles, what do wehope will motivate Mexican workers to stay southof an invisible line in the desert?
That is the genius of the 1983 film “El Norte.” Thisfilm proposes an answer to our question that far toomany of us North, Central and South Americansoverlook. We limit ourselves to absurd discussionsabout how high a fence should be to keep a humanfrom scaling it, or how much fascism is too muchfascism in the Arizonan police force.
And meanwhile we have little to say about why aperson should want to leave his or her homeland fora foreign country. Money, of course, is the givenanswer. The U.S. has more money and more accessto resources, so everyone wants some.
“El Norte” begins by introducing a Guatemalanfamily. In the shadows of the developing first fewscenes, we see political corruption and the threat offascism. But after a day of work picking berries in thefoggy Guatemalan mountains, the family sits downto a meal prepared by the women. Golden brownflatbread, rich sauces in wooden bowls and paisanowine cover the little table. The father and mother wearclean clothes highlighted with a full spectrum of dyedwool colors and silver jewelry. They smile. They talkof serious things. The family is together, and theevidence of happiness is unavoidable.
There seems to be no dissatisfaction with thislifestyle among the peasants, but still they share acommon fantasy of escaping to “el norte,” i.e. the U.S.To them, the U.S. is a kind of El Dorado where “eventhe poorest people have toilets.”
But eventually the reality surfaces. Those whomake it across the border into California realize a fact
which should be fundamental to every world view butsadly lacks any real support from those who areliterally developing the world. I am talking about thequality of life, and the fact that it has no real connectionto wealth. Whenever I bring this up in an argumentwith someone steeped in capitalist values, they actlike I’m breaking the rules of the argument or justtrying to make them too angry to rebut.
This fact, however, is illustrated quite convincinglyin “El Norte,” when the son and daughter of the familyarrive in LA, where they find an apartment withelectricity and flushing toilets. At this point, the vieweris forced to think, what good is a flushing toilet ifone cannot escape the absolute filth that is the LAslums?
That’s why the “rising tide lifts all boats” economictheory just doesn’t hold water. If Guatemalan peasantscan reap a harvest and lead a clean, comfortable,sustainable and socially satisfying existence fornothing more than the price of seeds and occasionalcrafted goods, then how can a single welfaredependent in the U.S. waste away in absolute squalorwith an income of $100 a week?
Because the poor in our country, however relativelyrich, must carry the weight of the wealthy on theirbacks. The poorest of us own cars because our citieswere built to necessitate car travel. One can hardlyhold a job without a car, but one can hardly pay carinsurance and gas expenses earning minimum wage.And on top of that, our poor communities are floodedwith an average of five hours of television a day, whichconditions them to think more stuff means morehappiness.
I propose then, in keeping with the message of“El Norte,” that poverty is a state of being that haslittle to do with money. Illegal immigration,sweatshops, monetary incentive for “developing”nations and so on, are parts of a corrupt system thatwe’ll never reform if we fail to get rid of the idea thatmore money equals less poverty. The medicine forpoverty is not money but its near opposite:community, which only thrives in an environmentof sustainability rather than endless economic growth.So many buzz words! I know, and I’m sorry. Butperhaps the film “El Norte” succeeds where I fail instriking past the haze of vocabulary into the heartof what it really means to be poor.
— Amien Essif is a senior in English. He can bereached at [email protected].
Rising — Resentment over ground zero mosqueThe planned construction of an Islamic mosque in New York City is causing quite a stir among native New
Yorkers.Hundreds of critics and supporters alike gathered near the site of a proposed $100-million Islamic community
center on Sunday to voice their opinions of the center’s constructions near the location of the Sept. 11 terroristattacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.
Those who showed up in favor of the construction, many of whom were organized by the NYC Coalitionto Stop Islamophobia, waved posters stressing freedom of religion in America. Critics organized by theCoalition to Honor Ground Zero were outspoken against the mosque’s construction near the site whereIslamic extremists murdered nearly 2,700 people in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Though no local, state or federal statues prevent the facility’s construction and the First Amendment tothe Constitution allows free practice of religion in the United States, the number of critics will continue togrow as the center’s construction date creeps closer, especially considering a CNN/Opinion Research Corp.poll rated nationwide opposition to the facility at 68 percent.
Falling — Faith in Neyland completion before Sept. 4 openerFor those who returned to campus this past week, the progress on Neyland Stadium’s renovation was
noticeable. Gate 21 plaza has dramatically improved, while the West Skyboxes and the Tennessee Terraceare now enclosed with glass.
But for all the progress made over the summer, there still appears to be plenty of work needed over thenext two weeks before UT kicks off at home against UT-Martin. (And judging by the fact that constructioncrews were working hard on Sunday, we might not be the only ones who feel that way.)
Gate 21 still has a ways to go, with concrete pathways yet to be laid, while Phillip Fulmer Way is still buriedunder dust and supplies. Will our fair stadium still be under the knife for kickoff? Will our players be forcedto sidestep bulldozers and bricks amid the famous Vol Walk? Only time will tell.
Rising — Need for Emmys your man can smell like Hello ladies. How are you? Fantastic. Look at your man, now back at Isaiah Mustafa. Is your man Isaiah
Mustafa? Of course not. But he can now be like Isaiah Mustafa, if only he could star in an award-winningcommercial. Can he? Of course not. Not everyone can turn that thing you love into diamonds, or an Emmy.
That’s right, the ingenious Old Spice commercial, named “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” receiveda Creative Arts Emmy for Best Commercial.
Reports say that Mustafa SWAN DIVED into the best night of his life, and onto the stage he built withhis bare hands, to receive his trophy. At the afterparty on his boat, Mustafa baked a gourmet cake for guestsand at one point was on a horse.
So, ladies, maybe if your man stops using lady-scented body wash, maybe he too can win a Creative ArtsEmmy. Who knows, you tell me.
Rising — Movie patrons having fun at the cinemaWith autumn and the season of the Oscar bait looming, the era of great summer popcorn movies about
dreams and stuff is sadly ending. However, the crap movies usually slated for release during this time, such as “Vampires Suck” (Something
else sucks, if you ask us.) are all being straight-up owned by the guys who could have kicked your dad’s asswhen he was our age.
For the second straight week, “The Expendables” has made it rain on the box office. Sylvester Stallone,clearly on leave from the retirement home where he spends his time eating apple sauce, watching ThePrice is Right and pumping iron, directed this adorable, bloody little film about mercenary soldiers. Thanksto Sly and the smoking-hot Jason Statham, who kindly shows up to be all British and sexy, Julia Robertsand her stupid movies about eating and praying are getting all kinds of danced on financially.
It’s weird. August through September is usually not the best time to go to the movies: It’s when the crapthat has no other merit, seriously no merit whatsoever, usually comes out. Luckily, though, the movie gods(i.e. Hollywood producers) have smiled on us this year.
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We human beings are so gosh-darned adaptive; noone can really say when the Internet morphed from anovelty with some convenient functions into apermanent element of our society that has replacedvirtually all information technology. It just kind ofappeared, and we happily went along with it andembraced its power. Our ability to adapt and learn hastaken us from munching on twigs and dying at 20 toworking and playing in an infinite cyber realm, but afew days ago our collective complacency about thisphenomenon may have led to some rather unwelcome,sudden changes for us all, the outcome of which eventhose responsible cannot possibly predict.
In case you haven’t been following, Google andVerizon made an unprecedented deal earlier this monththat will allow them to take full advantage of each other’sinfrastructure: Google’s search and data gatheringmonopoly and array of promoted information services(for starters) and Verizon’s global wireless broadband.
A year or so ago, Verizon criticized Google and Skypefor freeloading on infrastructure telecoms that wereresponsible for researching and developing. But we allcomprehend the omnipresence of Google; in a veryshort time, Google has turned what’s going on behindthe search box into a multinational corporation witha business model. With its arbitration over searchqueues and massive data-gathering techniques thatfacilitate activities like net-wide targeted ads, Googlehas become more of a de facto Internet gatekeeper thanthe service providers themselves. Verizon apparentlyknows this, but what Google knows better than anyoneis that wireless broadband is the future of everything.
Google also knows that exploding demand forincreasingly mobile wireless broadband can only bemet by monetizing it in a way other than targeted ads,which is where this starts affecting Google’s stanceon “net neutrality,” the principal behind how you’veknown the Internet since AOL. Net neutrality is anattitude about overall Internet “management,” basicallystating that Internet carriers and providers, likeComcast or AT&T, cannot discriminate or otherwisealter their services (i.e. speed) toward any specificcontent or types of traffic for any reason. It’s a rule that’sbeen backed by the Federal CommunicationsCommission, Washington and Google, effectivelykeeping the telecoms’ mitts off the Internet, leaving
them only as providers and content creators solelyresponsible for their content.
Didn’t think it could be any different? Now thatGoogle is playing provider with Verizon, it advocates“limited neutrality,” a laughably transparent effort tostay consistent with the rhetoric people are comfortablewith, while conveniently claiming that wireless Internetproviders should be able to do things like charge contentcreators, which could be any site on the web not directlyaffiliated with Google, for extra speed. Or establish atwo-laned road, the faster one costing extra. To hearEric Schmidt, CEO of Google, talk about it: “The issuesof wireless versus wireline gets very messy ... and that’sreally an FCC issue, not a Google issue.” Oh, the twokinds of Internet are just so confusing.
However, there’s really nothing special about acompany with shareholders acting in its own self-interest. What’s different is the FCC has failed todecisively define any boundaries in light of these events,forcing us to embrace however the profit motivemanifests itself for our benefit.
Yet, if you listen to Schmidt, it is quite clear thatGoogle doesn’t think of itself as a regular business.Schmidt knows exactly the kind of society-alteringinfluence his company wields.
“I actually think most people don’t want Google toanswer their questions,” he said. “They want Googleto tell them what they should be doing next.”
Regarding the data Google has stored on you,Schmidt said, “ ... we know roughly who you are,roughly what you care about, roughly who your friendsare.”
Condensing people into pools of trite data, are we?Though famously the slogan of the pathetic Bing, it’sscary to think what an actual free-will-skewing “decisionengine,” the future of search, might be like, whereGoogle tries to anticipate what you want, based on themethods it already uses to send you targeted ads onthings like Facebook. And those are, of course, superaccurate. By now, Schmidt has quite a collection ofovertly dystopian quotes. Look them up. And startusing Scroogle.org, a website that uses Google’s searchengine while suppressing their data gathering cookies.These kinds of corporate ultimatums should not betaken lying down.
Feeling apprehension around these events is morethan fear of the unknown; it’s an awareness that Googlecompetition is shrinking across the board, its servicesare becoming nearly impossible to avoid, and its graspof the monolithic new technology we’ve all growncripplingly dependent on has happened so fast thatnothing has the precedent of authority to even remotelycheck them.
— Wiley Robinson is an undecided sophomore. Hecan be reached at [email protected]
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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzaidefended his decision to disband private security firmsSunday, saying they were undermining Afghanistan’spolice and army and contributing to corruption.
Last Monday, Karzai ordered Afghan and internationalsecurity companies to disband by the end of the year,despite U.S. concerns the short deadline may endangerAmerican development projects that private guards pro-tect.
NATO uses private security to guard supply convoysbringing food, water, ammunition and other supplies tomilitary bases throughout the country. Critics have saidAfghanistan’s own security forces are not ready to assumethe burden.
But Karzai told ABC News’ “This Week with ChristianeAmanpour” the companies undermine the government’seffort to recruit more police and soldiers because it can’tcompete with the private firms in salaries. He also repeat-ed allegations that many companies are contributing tocorruption by shaking down transport firms for money,some of which goes to warlords and the Taliban for protec-tion.
Even before Karzai’s order last week, U.S. congression-al investigators had been looking into allegations thatAfghan security firms were extorting as much as $4 mil-lion a week from contractors paid with U.S. tax dollars andthen funneling the money to warlords and the Taliban toavoid attacks against convoys. Allegations of widespreadcorruption have also been levied at the Afghan police.
“I am appealing to the U.S. taxpayer (to) not allow theirhard-earned money to be wasted on groups that are notonly providing lots of inconveniences to the Afghan peo-ple, but actually are, God knows, in contact with Mafia-
like groups and perhaps also funding militants and insur-gents and terrorists through those firms,” Karzai said.
The Afghan Interior Ministry has licensed 52 securityfirms, but some older contracts are still being completedby unlicensed firms, according to the U.S. military. Abouthalf of the companies are Afghan owned.
About 37 companies are working with the U.S. govern-ment, totaling about 26,000 armed security contractors.The majority of those work for the military, though someare employed by the State Department and the U.S.Agency for International Development, according to themilitary.
Karzai said security companies were “running a paral-lel security structure to the Afghan government” as well asharassing Afghan civilians.
“They are wasting billions of dollars of resources, andthey are definitely an obstruction, an impediment in amost serious matter to the growth of Afghanistan’s securi-ty institutions, the police and the army,” he said.
Karzai also promised the two anti-corruption taskforces — the Major Crimes Task Force and the SensitiveInvestigative Unit — would be allowed to conduct corrup-tion probes of high-level government officials regardless oftheir political connections.
Karzai demanded more control over the work of the twoteams, which are mentored by U.S. and British lawenforcement officials, after the recent arrest of a top pres-idential adviser, Mohammad Zia Salehi, for allegedlyaccepting a car in exchange for help in exerting pressureon Afghan officials to ease off in another corruption case.
The Obama administration sees Salehi’s arrest as a lit-mus test of Karzai’s willingness to fight corruption.
Karzai confirmed during the interview he intervened“very, very strongly” because Salehi’s civil rights were vio-lated during his arrest.
“This man was taken out of his house in the middle ofthe night by 30 Kalashnikov-toting masked men in thename of Afghan law enforcement,” he said. “This is exact-ly reminiscent of the days of the Soviet Union where peo-ple were taken away from their homes by armed people inthe name of the state and thrown into obscure prisons insome sort of kangaroo courts.”
Nevertheless, Karzai said the case against Salehi wouldbe allowed to proceed according to Afghan law.
“Corruption should be handled most effectively ... andwith a lot of pressure, but it has to be across the board andapolitical and without vested foreign interests,” he said.
Karzai also said he was willing to talk peace withTaliban figures who break with al-Qaida and other terror-ist groups — a key U.S. condition — and accept theAfghan constitution. He said there had already been “indi-vidual contacts with some Taliban elements” but not for-mal negotiations.
The president acknowledged fears among Afghanwomen’s groups and ethnic minorities that their political,economic and social gains might be eroded under a futurepeace agreement with the Taliban, which banned womenfrom most jobs and education during its years in power.
Those concerns were heightened last week whenTaliban militants in northern Afghanistan stoned a youngcouple to death for adultery in the first confirmed use ofthe punishment here since the hard-line Islamist regimewas ousted in the U.S.-led invasion of 2001.
Karzai said he was in “deep, deep shock” over the ston-ing and would ensure that women’s representation inpeace talks would be “solid and meaningful.”
He said the Afghan people must make sure the gainsmade by women “in political, social and economic walks oflife” since the fall of the Taliban were not only protected“but are promoted and advanced further.”
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John Green, who losta friend in the attacks,said that althoughorganizers have theright to build the proj-ect, “I think if theymoved it, they wouldget the respect of moreAmericans than if theyplay hardball.” He wasdemonstrating in the
group of mosqueopponents.
Gila Barzvi,whose son, Guy,was killed in thetowers, stood with
mosque opponents,clutching a large photoof her son with bothhands.
“This is sacredground and it’s wheremy son was buried,” thenative Israeli fromQueens said. She saidthe mosque would be“like a knife in our
hearts.”She was joined by a
close friend, Kobi Mor,who flew from SanFrancisco to participatein the rally.
If the mosque getsbuilt, “we will bombardit,” Mor said. He wouldnot elaborate but addedthat he believes the proj-ect “will never happen.”
Rauf, in an interviewwith Bahrain’s Al Wasatnewspaper, saidAmerica’s sweepingconstitutional rights are
more in line withIslamic principles thanthe limits imposed bysome Muslim nations.
“American Muslimshave the right to prac-tice their religion inaccordance with theConstitution of theUnited States,” Raufsaid. “I see the article ofindependence as morecompliant with the prin-ciples of Islam thanwhat is available inmany of the currentMuslim countries.”
Opposition marches and rallies are regularly brokenup by police. In some cases, officers detain dozens of par-ticipants, carrying or pushing them into waiting buses.Most are freed within a day, but some have served jail
time or been fined.Opposition activists won the support of some of Russia’s best-known rock musi-
cians to play at a protest rally in central Moscow on Sunday evening that drew about3,000 people. The rally was part of a broad campaign to try to stop the destructionof a centuries-old oak forest that is soon to be cut down so a highway can be builtfrom Moscow to St. Petersburg.
City authorities gave permission for the rally to be held, but said no sound equip-ment could be used, only megaphones.
Yury Shevchuk, a rock star who attracted wider fame after a televised confronta-tion with Putin, sang some of his best-loved songs while accompanying himself on anacoustic guitar. The crowd joined in, helping the music carry across Pushkin Square.Even some of the hundreds of police officers hummed along.
In his exchange with Putin in May, Shevchuk challenged him to allow Russians tohold anti-government protests.
Flowers adorn the Pedestrian Mall outside of Hodges Library. The foliage was awelcome sight to students returning to campus last week.
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Monday, August 23, 2010 The Daily Beacon • 7ENTERTAINMENT
David BarnettStaff Writer
Jane South is renowned for her sculptural draw-ings, which she has been creating and exhibitingsince 2001. Her sculptures, made from basic archi-tectural supplies like balsa wood, paper, acrylicpaint and colored inks, give the appearance of struc-tural integrity though they are, in fact, quite fragile.
In South’s upcoming show, “Shifting Structures,”which opens at the Knoxville Museum of Art onAug. 27, she is displaying one enormous piece thatnearly fills the gallery space.
Constructed with balsa wood and folded paper,the structure is an aggregate of hundreds of small-er, complex pieces that are designed to look like lad-ders, boxed grids, cages or latticed arches.
Her sculptures are site specific, meaning that shehas removed or exchanged many of the smallercomponents so that the structure is appropriate forthe dimensions and layout of the gallery space.
The structure in “Shifting Structures” is paintedwhite, gray and black and has artificial shadowsmarked with fine crosshatching. She has paintedtwo of the gallery space’s walls gray, leaving theother two white.
Upon first glance, the viewer is left disoriented,not entirely certain what the structure is. What istwo-dimensional? What is three-dimensional? Howis it made? Which of its shadows are real? Howshould one even approach the behemoth?
Her structure is intended to represent a spacewithin a space that disorients the viewer. It forcespeople to reconsider their relationship, their “phe-nomenological experience,” with the architecturethat surrounds them.
South gets her inspiration from riding her bikein Brooklyn, N.Y., when the buildings quickly cometoward and move away from her. She says thathuman experiences are “snapshots that are seam-lessly mended together … I think of it like howcubist paintings are constructed.”
When she first moved to Brooklyn, she was liv-ing in a run-down, industrial neighborhood. Thebuildings — former warehouses and factories —had been gutted and transformed into artist stu-dios. The people who moved in, however, were notartists. They were wealthy people only interestedin the “idea” of an artist’s living space.
South is fascinated by the way that people imag-ine the idea of an object, as opposed to the waythose objects really exist.
She claims that New York and other urban cen-ters “are essentially facades … we are living insomething that is not really real.” Many buildingsgive the appearance that they are structurally soundor built with good, expensive material. Yet, mostbuildings are built with steel and concrete and orna-mented with fancy brickwork.
In an interview with Alexandra Tursi on identi-tytheory.com, South talks about the raw beauty ofthe Manhattan Bridge: “It’s all exposed, it is what itis with no disguise. Machinery, likewise, has theform it has because of how it needs to operate —it’s no-nonsense stuff and there’s a beauty in that.”
About art, she said, “It’s not functional, but it isnecessary for these forms to be seen — likeDuchamp.”
Her sculpture shows the viewer forms outside oftheir normal context. Like Duchamp’s “Urinal,” hersculpture isn’t meant to be didactic or represent anysocial commentary. She claims that she only wantsto re-create an experience of shifting perspectivesfor the viewers.
Jane South’s sculpture forces viewers to recon-sider those ubiquitous architectural forms of urbanlandscapes. It confuses the viewers’ senses with illu-sory materials and shadows. The sculpture is com-pelling, as it begs everyone to question what is realand what is superficial.
It also suggests, darkly, an ever-present absurdi-ty. Perhaps the “real” and the “illusory” cannot bedistinguished.
Artist to display unique ‘Structures’
The Knoxville Museum of Art, located just west of World’s Fair Park, isscheduled to open an exhibit featuring artist Jane South. South’s exhibit,“Shifting Structures,” is made up of mixed-media pieces that blend sculp-ture, drawing and architecture.
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Matisyahu took the stage at the Humanities Amphitheatre for afree student concert on Saturday night as part of UT’s Welcome Week activities.
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Coach Derek Dooley is comfortable with most of hisfirst-team players after the Volunteers’ final fall scrim-mage; it’s the backups he’s worried about.
The Vols spent Saturday working on specific situa-tions, like running out the clock or needing to win latein the game, and those situations exposed the team’syoung and inexperienced players.
“We need a ton of work at this stuff,” Dooley said.“The players that had experience were calm and playedwell, and the ones that didn’t and are new, and the fresh-men, really struggled.”
Two seasons of coaching turnovers prompted thedeparture of several would-be sophomores and juniorswho would be filling the backup roles. The Vols current-ly have 76 scholarship players — nine fewer than theNCAA’s limit of 85.
“I’m not worried about what we don’t have, but todayit really showed,” Dooley said.
Tennessee didn’t release statistics on the scrimmage,which was closed to the media and the public.
Dooley said the team would review the film and dowhatever it could to correct the issues before the Sept. 4season opener against UT-Martin.
The offense didn’t have the kind of big runs or pass-es it’s had in the previous scrimmages, partly because ofdefensive improvement and partly because of missedassignments on the offense’s behalf, center Cody Popesaid.
“We didn’t have as many explosive plays, so it washard to really get a lot of energy, I guess,” he said.“Because you know, a big play and everyone gets ener-gized, but it was kind of like cutting down a tree. You’vejust got to keep cutting, keep cutting, until that thingcomes down. Eventually we broke some big plays.”
Matt Simms threw one interception, while Tyler Braythrew several picks. Linebacker Savion Frazier finallygot his hands on one, after dropping several in the pre-vious scrimmage, and took it into the end zone.
“I dropped three balls last week with no gloves,”Frazier said. “They kept telling me to put some gloveson, so I told them I’d wear some gloves today. I got me apick and took it to the crib.”
One of UT’s key defensive backs, safety JanzenJackson, struggled a bit after missing several fall prac-tices with a hamstring injury. Jackson is one of only twodefensive backs with significant playing time.
“He’s very behind and he hurt us a lot today, and it’sbecause he missed so much practice,” Dooley said.
Inexperience shows in Vols practiceSPORTS
The Pedestrian Mall is filled with booths as part ofthe Student InVOLvement Fair. Campus organiza-tions participated in the Welcome Week activity byoffering new and returning students informationabout how to get involved on campus.
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As Kyle Busch crossed the finish line for a three-racesweep, his crew quickly credited the driver for his role inthe record-setting moment.
“We are in the presence of greatness,” a team mem-ber said over the radio.
Indeed, they were.Busch completed an unprecedented sweep of three
national races in one week, completing the trifecta witha victory in the Sprint Cup race at Bristol MotorSpeedway. He hoisted a broom in Victory Lane, wherehe made his third visit in four days.
“I’ve been trying to do this since I got to NASCAR,”said Busch, who has tried for a three-race sweep fivetimes in his career.
“I love Bristol and I love winning,” he said. “And to doit for the first time ever in NASCAR, to sweep the week-end, man, that’s pretty awesome.”
Busch also won the Nationwide race Friday night andthe Trucks race Wednesday night to become the firstdriver to complete the sweep since NASCAR expandedto three national series in 1995.
“He’s pretty good,” Joe Gibbs Racing President J.D.Gibbs said. “To do all three of those back-to-back was abig deal.”
The Cup victory, his third of the season and third inthe last four at Bristol, was drama-free after anotherround in his ongoing feud with Brad Keselowski.
Busch admitted to intentionally wrecking Keselowskilate in the Nationwide race, and he celebrated that winby mockingly rubbing his eyes like a crying baby as thecrowd showered him with boos. Keselowski vowedrevenge over the public address system to the delight ofthe Bristol crowd.
The barbs continued all the way up to the start of theCup race. As Busch was booed in pre-race introductions,he sarcastically told the crowd, “Aw, you’re so loving.”
Keselowski was introduced moments later, taking themicrophone and earning a thunderous cheer by saying,“I’m Brad Keselowski ... Kyle Busch is (a jerk).”
There was almost no chance of an on-track alterca-tion, though, as the two hardly raced near each other formost of the night.
Keselowski did make it hard for Busch to pass himlate in the race, when Keselowski was fighting not to goa lap down, but Busch made a clean move around him
in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after severalattempts.
“Great job,” his team radioed after the pass.“I know,” Busch replied. “I have more class.”Rogers reiterated that after Busch completed the vic-
tory.“Some wiseguys got introduced behind him, and he
raced like a champion and handled it with class all day,”Rogers said.
David Reutimann rallied from a bout with food poi-soning to finish second in a Toyota for Michael WaltripRacing, his first top-15 finish since winning at Chicagolast month.
“I feel really, really good about the finish, but I’m notfeeling so hot right now,” Reutimann said after the race.“I’m ready to go to sleep at some point. Maybe now.”
Jamie McMurray was third in a Chevrolet forEarnhardt Ganassi Racing, a finish good enough tomove him to 13th in the standings. He trails ClintBowyer by 100 points for the 12th and final spot in theChase for the Sprint Cup championship.
But McMurray said he’s not focused on making theChase field. Two races remain in the “regular season.”
“I’m really fortunate this year that we were able to win
those two big races because if we don’t make the Chase,it’s not going to be devastating,” said McMurray, winnerof the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400.
Bowyer rallied from an early pit-road speeding penal-ty to finish fourth in a Chevrolet for Richard ChildressRacing, and he moved a step closer to locking down thefinal spot in the Chase. Mark Martin, who started thenight 35 points behind Bowyer in 13th place, finished23rd and is now 14th in the standings, 101 points out.
“We’ve got two races to go, two good race tracks,”Bowyer said. “I love Atlanta, run well there, and I loveRichmond, run well there. With any luck at all, we’ll bein this thing.”
Kasey Kahne was fifth in a Ford for Richard PettyMotorsports, and Ryan Newman was sixth in aChevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Juan Pablo Montoya, McMurray’s teammate, finishedseventh despite damage to his car from contact thatwrecked four-time defending series champion JimmieJohnson. The pole-sitter, Johnson finished 35th.
Greg Biffle was eighth in a Ford for Roush FenwayRacing, Penske Racing’s Kurt Busch was the highest fin-ishing Dodge, and RFR’s Matt Kenseth rounded out thetop 10.
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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheimcalled for a switch to his trade-mark "Orange" 2-3 zone withthe United States clinging to aone-point lead.
Kevin Durant did the rest,blocking shots by Ricky Rubioand Rudy Fernandez in the finalseconds in the Americans' 86-85victory over Spain on Sunday ina warmup game for the worldchampionships.
"Jim Boeheim said, 'Let's goorange,'" U.S. head coach MikeKrzyzewski said. "So we did. Itwas his suggestion and our guysdid a good job with that."
Durant led the United Stateswith 25 points.
The decision to go to the zonedefense for the last play caughtSpain off-guard after DerrickRose put the Americans aheadwith two free throws.
"I just wanted to cover asmuch ground as I could and help
my teammates," said Durant,who also had 10 rebounds. "Ijust didn't want to foul on a 3-pointer so I stayed down and,luckily, game over."
The United States ralliedafter Spain — 13 points behindafter three quarters — took aone-point lead on Juan CarlosNavarro's three-point play with27 seconds left.
"It was one of those gamesthat was a learning experiencefor us and I think we made keyplays down the stretch," Durantsaid. "We also played as a teamand stuck through tough times."
Navarro scored 20 points inthe first game between theteams since the Americans wonthe 2008 Olympic final. It wasthe first loss in nine games forSpain, the defending worldchampion. The world champi-onships begin Saturday inTurkey.
Spain took the lead for thefirst time with 90 seconds toplay. Rubio's stutter step into thelane drew attention and allowed
the teen point guard to feedFelipe Reyes for an easy layupand an 82-80 lead.
But Durant answered beforeRose got past Rubio and avoidedMarc Gasol's block to score witha one-handed shot that put theU.S. up 84-82 with 33 seconds toplay.
"We made one more play thanthey did and that's why wewon," Krzyzewski said.
Rose finished with 13 points,and Lamar Odom had 12 pointsand nine rebounds for theUnited States, 3-0 on its exhibi-tion tour.
"I thought 'I've got to hitthem,'" Rose said about his win-ning free throws. "Over here,people are going to rememberme for this."
The U.S. travels to Athens onMonday to play Greece in itsfinal warmup match ahead ofthe world championships.
"It was a great challenge andwe should take this and run withit," Rose said.
Gasol had 17 points for Spain.
USA tops Spain in warmup game
Monday, August 23, 201012 • The Daily Beacon
“I’d rather be herewith 72 (scholarship
players) than justabout anywhere
else.”
– UT football coach Derek
Dooley after Saturday’s
scrimmage exposed the
Vols’ lack of depth
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Friday, Aug. 28 —Women’s Volleyball
XavierKnoxville
7 p.m.
Women’s SoccerMarylandKnoxville
8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29 —Women’s Volleyball
ChattanoogaKnoxville
12 p.m.
Women’s VolleyballVirginia Tech
Knoxville7 p.m.
What’sHAPPENING
Aug. 23 - Aug. 29IN SPORTS
Daily Quote
THESPORTSPAGE
Matthew OsborneStaff Writer
After a disappointing2009 season in which theLady Vols soccer team fin-ished with a record of 8-9-3and didn’t reach the NCAAtournament for the firsttime in coach Angela Kelly’stenure at UT, the Lady Volsare ready to take the fieldonce again.
Kelly enters her 10thseason at Tennessee andhas compiled a record of127-59-16 during her timein Knoxville. Kelly had ledthe Lady Vols to ninestraight NCAA tournamentappearances before last sea-son.
The Lady Vols returneight full-time starters and18 players from last year’steam, which lost to theFlorida Gators in the SECtournament. The Lady Volswelcome five newcomers toRocky Top this year, includ-ing highly touted freshmanSanna Saarinen fromFinland, who played for theFinnish Under-19 nationalteam. The four remaninginclude Tori Bailey fromMichigan, Caroline Brownfrom Pennsylvania,Caroline Capocaccia fromMemphis and junior trans-fer Chelsea Kephart fromGeorgia SouthernUniversity.
Kelly said that all playerswere expected to be fit andwere when entering presea-son camp this year. The soc-cer team had 14 practicesto prepare for this season,including an exhibitionmatch against theLouisville Cardinals, whichthe Lady Vols won 2-1.
She expects her team tocompete annually for a con-ference title and hopes it tobe the hardest workingteam in the U.S.
“We have a dynamicfront six, and our off-the-ball movement is reallygood,” Kelly said.
The front six is led bysenior forward Anna Fisher,who is coming off a brokenleg suffered in a gameagainst Arkansas last sea-son.
“I’m excited for this sea-son, because it feels good tobe healthy,” Fisher said.“Western Kentucky will bemy first game since theinjury and the rehab.”
Fisher echoed Kelly’sexpectations for this sea-son.
“We have high hopes forthis year,” she said. “It’sgoing to be our year for acomeback, not only for mebut also this team.”
This Lady Vols team willbe battle-tested as it makesa run toward another NCAAtournament appearance.The Lady Vols have non-conference games againstperennial power NorthCarolina in Chapel Hill,N.C., Arizona and ArizonaState in Tempe, Ariz., andwill play host to theWisconsin Badgers and in-state foe Chattanooga LadyMocs before running theSEC gauntlet.
The Lady Vols won anon-conference contestagainst Western Kentucky,3-0, Friday, outshooting theLady Hilltoppers by a finaltally of 23-2. Junior mid-fielder and Preseason All-SEC Team selectionChelsea Hatcher had a goaland an assist for the LadyVols.
Lady Vols soccer looks to come back stronger
Lady Vol Amy Harrison advances past a Memphis defender in a soccergame last season. The Lady Vols opened their season against WesternKentucky Friday, Aug. 20 in a dominating fashion, routing their opponents3-0 in the home opener.
